More than a year after it opened an investigation into whether U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick broke campaign finance laws and other regulations in 2022, the House Ethics Committee is continuing the inquiry into her potential wrongdoing.

The Office of Congressional Conduct ( OCC ), which falls under the Ethics Committee, voted this month to adopt a report on the probe and its findings to the House Ethics Committee, along with recommendations for next steps.

The Ethics Committee made clear that the report on its own does not imply any violation has occurred.

Cherfilus-McCormick “may have accepted campaign contributions linked to an official action,” the OCC Board said. And if she did, “she may have violated House rules, standards of conduct, and federal law.”

In January 2024,

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